Tag: Anime

I like to post various things to my Twitter feed, including various observations about Japan as well as info on ...

Japan is a unique language in that so many of its words come from English or (depending on the era) ...

Japanese are fond of attaching events to dates, and whenever I get in my Mazda MPV, my "car navi" greets ...

Anyone who's watched more than a few anime series is probably familiar with the common trope of the token character ...

We're extremely happy to announce that the long-awaited eroge Deus Machina Demonbane is finally shipping! One of the most awesome ...

I have a friend named Josh, and I call him "Josh," but if we were Japanese I'd probably have some ...

I write often about the interesting ways Japan influences the West and vice versa. When the Matrix was released in ...

This Sunday is the day to do something special for that most excellent of people, your mother. The custom of ...

Every gaijin who speaks some Japanese knows the agony of accidentally using the wrong word of nihongo at an embarrassing ...

You never know what wacky thing Japan will think of next. As Japanese get older, the divorce rate is on ...

Dealing with Japan often involves encountering new paradigms, a concept I encountered when I came to Japan as an ESL ...

One of the best things about making a visit to Japan is going to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. ...

I have an odd policy when it comes to anime: I watch nearly every show twice. If it's worth watching ...

Here's a little observation I've made: when something gets "too" popular, it will peak then rapidly lose popularity for a ...

Do you have a cat's tongue? If so, it means that you can't eat hot food or drink hot drinks, ...

One of the joys of living in Japan is the high level of service you generally experience in restaurants and ...

My son is a jukensei right now, preparing for the most difficult tests of his life which will determine which ...

As you can imagine, Japan has changed a lot since we founded our little company offering wacky bento boxes and ...

Christmas is in the air, and J-List is ready to serve you in any way you need. While we have ...

One of the biggest challenges for learners of Japanese is dealing with what isn't stated in a sentence. My German-fluent ...

Keeping warm in Japan is not the easiest thing in the world, especially when you're from San Diego, a city ...

Over the weekend I did my duty as a Japan blogger and went to see the Space Battleship Yamato live ...

Today is the "roadshow" (movie release) of the Space Battleship Yamato live-action film, Japan's newest attempt at merging one of ...

There are some interesting things to be found on Japanese TV, like a show in which a comedian goes into ...